Carnarvon Athletic F.C.

The club was formed in 1876, as a football side from an athletic club founded in 1866,^[4] and played 5 matches in its first season, winning one.^[5] It played in the first Welsh Cup in 1877–78, losing at home to Bangor in the first round.^[6]

After playing in the first two competitions, the club stepped back from the national competition, playing instead in the Northern Welsh Association Cup, which was first played in 1879–80; the club reached the semi-final stage, which consisted of 3 clubs, but did not draw the bye, and lost to Llanrwst.^[7] The club went one stage further in 1881–82, but lost to Mountain Rangers of Bangor in the final.^[8] It also apparently reached the final in 1883–84, but a protest from Bangor that the C.A.C.'s winning goal came from a foul was upheld,^[9] and Carnarvon refused to re-play the tie, instead launching a counter-protest (on the basis that the chairman could not hear the protest, as his club had not paid a subscription fee), which was dismissed.^[10]

Athletic re-entered the national competition from 1884–85, and reached the semi-final on its return, albeit after only winning one tie; in the last four, the club lost to Druids at the Racecourse Ground.^[11]

The club took over Carnarvon Wanderers at the end of the 1886–87 season, the Wanderers players (including star forward Harry Owen and secretary Humphreys)^[12] joining the club afterwards.^[13] The Athletic reserve team used the Wanderers name on at least one occasion afterwards.^[14]

Despite this boost to membership, the club only entered the Welsh Cup once more, in 1890–91, losing in the first round at home to Rhyl.^[15] The last reference to the club is a 4–1 defeat at Bangor in a charity match on 22 April 1893.^[16]

The club played in scarlet and black, and later light and dark blue.^[17][18]